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I agree he shouldn't have to, buts its nice to see Oz not take it either.

No they don't.

That was a gorgeous feed and finish. Usually its Z and D making those plays.

I gotta think Sammy being as tight on him lead to the no-call on Backes. Regardless, still shouldn't have gone without a penalty.

Talk about an outburst, but Mason's gotta have that one.

Had Homer not found a living planting his ass in front of the goalie Bowman would've moved him out of town so many years ago. Good thing for us he didn't

That was quick.

Datsyukian Dekes look so easy when he does them. They are not.

Here in GB, some locations have them for $5 while others have them for $6. I don't understand why.

This has been a pretty tight first. That should bode well for the Wings going forward.

Great shot.....too bad.

2-0 Columbus with 5:46 to go in the first. The Jackets are really coming on strong and their fan-base has to be fired up to see their club likely finally make the postseason. Anyone else watching? Or the next game?

Talk about overcommitment. Waste of 30 seconds and then Nash finishes it.

End of 1......2-0 CBJ Nice hold, and a better shot by Seabrook to bring it within one. 2-1 CBJ WOW! Great redirect by Versteeg! 2-2. What a great divisional game thus far! Vermette has been money tonight. His second of the game. 3-2 CBJ.

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Don't have the defense this year? It's the same damn 6 players that were here last season! See below. You also don't have to be Einstein to figure out that if they tighten up their defense before the playoffs they'll be far superior to every team in the NHL.

The team that's tied for the most points in the NHL has an excellent chance at repeating is now an exaggeration? I'd wait for your reply but I know what it'll be...... Doom, Death, Lose, Bad, Not Good. Something like that atleast.

IMO, there's no better way of pushing teams to win in regulation and OT. Sure, it sucks to lose in OT and have nothing to show for it, but I have a feeling the dynamic would create some interesting situations given some teams' need for atleast a point and other teams' need for 3 down the stretch. I don't think there's any better way of keeping games all worth the same points unless you switched to a 5-point system, which I'm not a fan of. Example of a 5-point system: Regulation Win: 5 Points OT Win: 4 Points SO Win: 3 Points SO Loss: 2 Points OT Loss: 1 Point Regulation Loss: 0 Points

Truth or not, *if this is the case,* then I'd like to see Conklin get the nod more frequently down the stretch so he's prepared. We're certainly at the point in the season where Oz needs to "s*** or get off the pot".

Oh well. It would've been nice to have him, but a player of that importance shouldn't be rushed back especially given the Wings aren't fighting for their playoff lives.

IMHO, that tendency went away before last season as well. He didn't commit any more defensive-zone turnovers than the majority of our D-men, it just that people on LGW focused on them more since the season prior to that.

I'll have to rewind it, but are you sure you're not referring to Cheli rather than Stuart. He was the one that had his stick on the body thus giving Hanzal the final scoring shot. Edit: Nevermind, I see what you were referring too. It was the initial let go by Stuart.

He was rock-solid last year, but it took until mid-year this season for that BS reputation shed.

How do we not clear that puck out of the crease? Hanzal had 3 swipes at it, and Cheli has his stick parallel to the ice and on the body. :nonono:

Actually, only Z's number was Red Wing specific. 19 had two meanings (one being Stevie Y).